Archives - 09 October 2017, Monday

California state capitol, Sacramento Enlarge Photo California, long a leader in emission reduction and electric-car incentives, may be ready to take the next big step: a full ban on the sale of new cars powered by gasoline or diesel. Such a ban would follow India, the United Kingdom, ...

After announcing the 2018 Nissan Leaf in September, Nissan hinted that a Nismo variant was on the way to tap into a rather different electric car market. Now we've learned that a Nissan Leaf Nismo Concept is headed to the Tokyo Motor Show later in October, and that it will be more tha...

Japanese auto supply giant Denso is expanding its U.S. footprint with a $1 billion investment in its Maryville, Tennessee location. The investment is part of Denso’s commitment to advancing automotive innovation in North America, and will significantly increase the role North America ...

In a bid to address commercial and military challenges caused by natural disasters, construction, and other large-scale needs, GM has stepped forward with its first-ever fuel-cell-powered platform. Dubbed SURUS, short for Silent Utility Rover Universal Superstructure, the concept is c...

It’s possible to produce hydrogen to power fuel cells by extracting the gas from seawater, but the electricity required to do it makes the process costly. UCF researcher Yang Yang has come up with a new hybrid nanomaterial that harnesses solar energy and uses it to generate hydrogen f...

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World Solar Challenge 2017 Enlarge Photo Although a car powered solely by solar power is far from reality, the 30th anniversary of the World Solar Challenge showcased just how far the technology has come. World Solar Challenge kicked off its celebrations with this year's iteration of ...

Teaser for Tesla semi truck debuting in September Enlarge Photo Tesla’s aggressive goals for Model 3 production have run into a series of setbacks, and the knock-on effect spilling over into the company’s planned electric semi truck debut, which has again been pushed back from its ove...

Renault UK has announced a range of offers for the final quarter of 2017. Drivers looking for a multiple-award winning, affordable electric vehicle need look no further than the Renault ZOE Z.E. 40 with a number of offers available. On top of a free 7kW Wall-Box home charger, the ZOE ...

Joel Feder Oct 9, 2017 Follow Joel Add to circle 2018 Nissan Leaf Enlarge Photo Just like Green Car Reports , our sister site The Car Connection names its Best Car To Buy award winner every year. But The Car Connection's editorial team is not the only one to get a say in this. We want...

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NSF awards UIC $1.44M to discover new 2D materials for better batteries 29 September 2017 The University of Illinois at Chicago has received a $1.44-million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to discover new 2D materials that can be used to manufacture better and cheaper batterie...

General Motors announced today it acquired LIDAR technology company Strobe, Inc. As part of the deal, Strobe’s engineering talent joins GM’s Cruise Automation team to define and develop next-generation LIDAR solutions for self-driving vehicles. “Strobe’s LIDAR technology will signific...

Hyundai Motor Company has launched its electric car-sharing service in Amsterdam, making it the first of its kind in Europe. The service will launch with an initial fleet of 100 Ioniq electric vehicles dispersed in pickup locations throughout the city. Users will be able to pay and op...

EPA administrator Scott Pruitt [photo from 2014] Enlarge Photo Today, the EPA signaled its intent to dismantle the Clean Power Plan, the Nissan Leaf Nismo popped out, and California may be the first place in America where gas engines are a distant memory. All this and more on Green Ca...

The natives are restless in Teslaland. Model 3 production is not what people expected it to be and that has some folks worried. Is there a problem we don’t know about? Is this another Model X situation where full production doesn’t ramp up for a year? Is Tesla stock about to crash and...

2017 Tesla Model 3 Enlarge Photo Electric-car maker Tesla posted its best quarterly sales results in company history after it closed out the third quarter with 26,150 units sold. Despite the figure's cause for celebration, the figure may be interpreted as a downside by some since the ...

“The potential number, capacity, and location of charging stations needed to enable broad PEV [defined by the NREL as an vehicle with a plug] adoption over the coming decades hinge on a variety of variables,” said Eric Wood, lead author of the National Plug-In Electric Vehicle Infrast...

Hmmm. That’s a tiny bit worrying, is it not? As with all things Tesla, either you believe in Elon Musk and his “walk on water” ability or you don’t. Those who do see the current slow pace of Model 3 production as normal, a glitch that will be cleared away shortly. Those who don’t see ...

Dr Peter Harrop of IDTechEx says, "In industry you first stabilise your design before increasing production one hundredfold but the battery industry has been cutting corners. They are repeatedly changing anode, cathode, electrolyte and often format as well while massively scaling up. ...

New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that Imperium3 New York, Inc., a consortium of businesses spearheaded by three Southern Tier companies, will establish research and development and production operations at the Huron Campus in Endicott, Broome County. The consortium will inv...

But now comes word that Hyundai will offer a larger 64 kWh battery in the Kona. So equipped, it will have 500 kilometers of range. Convert that to miles and adjust for the optimistic European test cycle and you wind up with an electric SUV that should have an EPA range of about 210 mi...

John Voelcker Sep 26, 2017 Follow John Add to circle BMW i Vision Dynamics concept, 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show [photo: Tom Moloughney] Enlarge Photo It has taken several years for European luxury makers to sort out what to do about the unexpected arrival of Tesla and its electric cars ...

In a study published in chemistry journal Angewandte Chemie , they reported the total selectivity to oxygenates was approximately 50–60%, with acetic acid being the major component at 40.2% selectivity—the highest value reported for acetic acid thus far. The direct plasma synthesis of...